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engine mounts are s**t? iirc you modified them with tigerseal, lol. clocks dont work? your wiring not work out? lol

its the OBD2 Diagnostic Port. RSTuner unit plugs into it. You connect it to your laptop. You turn your laptop on and open RSTuner Software. You press connect. Thats how it works ;)

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project nah.....someone lent it off someone then lent it off someone lol, then I lent it ha il invest soon dont worry, 12" minimum lol!

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project ...few here from when we were doing the preperation for it....75mm hole cut in the bulkhead, there was also a bracket behind where the hole was cut (for the Aux fusebox)....we ground that off, then smoothed it and painted today to prevent rust etc..Bulkhead...

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread Aux belt isnt fitted, i was going to suggest waterpump but cant be with no aux belt on :( Bearing on tensioner or idler has been suggested as a possibility?!

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project that corsa got owned.....the 172's 5k vtec kicked in y0 and pulled massively in 2nd and 3rd lol!

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project ok....done quite a bit today... Wanted to figure out what he 'knocking' was when turning hard, car seemed to wobble and shift one way when turning corners.... Turns out balljoint on the passenger had come loose AGAIN, despite the fact its brand new, new...

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread interesting, have you turned it over by hand on the crank pulley and see if there is any noise from the tensioner or idler?

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread u sure the cam carriers arent over-torqued or something?

average speed... edit. beat to it!

£125 for the K plate valver on 185k pmsl.

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread noooo i meant......we know the pressure sender on the back of the block is not working as the guage is not showing a reading....... i was on about the pressure sensor, that shows the light on the dash, on the front of the block... i just said to change it...

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread i said i think hes got no oil pressure (dial showing 0) but he thinks the pressure sender is fooked after his soldering efforts.... said to change the pressure switch that works the clocks for the warning light but not spoke to him since.... lack of oil in...

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project pink slips will do me, i will have a spare engine too then! 250bhp IIRC.

Marham later this year is going to be all mk1s then? lol looks like a good buy! :)

Had a cage sat here for 3 months, needs welding in etc....get interior painted, then just drive it for the summer :) Ring in july then a few trackdays booked after it etc.... *may* be putting some cams in it quite soon, but thats 50/50 at the moment dependant on a few things, but either way itl...

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project if i win....cams for free yeah? :rasp:

nice pics.......off there 2nd week in july, hope the weather is like it is in the pictures!

yeah...its been an effort working various things out between Matteh and a few others, that hadnt been previously 'ironed out'.....main one being the rev counter reading correctly, working OBD2 port and a few other bits! It took a while to get it going due to the first 172 engine I got being...

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project 7500 now ;) Il show you when I come to get my windows done lol

The camera was on a window mount too....not much else I can do....hard ride eh! Advantages.... ~170bhp on F4R over ~150bhp on F7R standard, better MPG for definate, my williams engine was pretty poor once you started giving it some...Also more options for tuning available...

any other date i would have definately gone.....with brands on the 27th though its a bit too close to be driving down south (for me) that way twice in the space of a few days :(

cool! yeah mine will be the local scrapper, obviously it isnt going to be 100% accurate as its for 30Tonne+ lorries, but it gives you an idea lol

or check if his insurance covers him third party on other insured cars. I had the option to add it on mine, but didnt.

Ahh cool, I must be thinking of the 172 Ph2's or something to get that weight, cant remember where I got that number in my head from!

Not yet....got a few bits to sort next few days.....Front polycarbs with sliders, sunroof is going polycarb sealed in like whiteleys, 'trimming' the doors with the grinder....then il nip it down the road to the weighbridge :) I want to put it against a std 172 ph1 to see what difference if any...

Adam yeah, It used to have a yellow roof and wingmirrors....round our way it was 'a.k.a the fried egg'. lol.

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread i have a gearbox lol ;) JB3's (Valver boxes) can be picked up cheap these days, £30-50 quid for one with not too many miles on it..

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread snick....pretty fiddly job in the bay! richy....get onto clio16valver.co.uk or williamsclio.co.uk and look in cars for sale, always some looked after ones around!

Did a few runs the other day for my project thread....thought id post up in here to see what people think to the pace of it....the 2nd and 3rd runs are probably the best to go off... An7nWOV2xcE For those of you that saw the last video ( here ), or have read my project thread, you might have...